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The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It was officially revealed on December 10, 2011 during the Spike TV Video Game Awards and released worldwide on June 14, 2013. It will be released in Japan on June 20, 2013. The player takes control of Joel (voiced by Troy Baker), who is trekking across a post-apocalyptic United States in 2033, in order to escort the young Elli... View more [Wikipedia]

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Today I beat this on Survivor. It was my fourth playthrough, I've also done Normal, Hard, and Hard Plus. That was a lot of fun, I like the game more without listen mode, feels more real, it's exciting when you don't know if you're gonna run into someday. Died about 85 times, compare that to about 60 my first playthrough on Normal. I thought it was gonna be worse. A lot of parts were way easier than I thought they'd be. The Ellie parts in Winter I breezed through and that's what I was most scared of. I was surprised by the hardest parts. They were when I was with Henry and Sam and the Joel parts of Winter. That last bit of Joel in Winter was the worst, it was the one part that really scared me. Then I decided to thoroughly explore and I found alcohol in a truck I could use to make a med kit. That was a relief.

Moved up to my 30th favorite game. I see this as the real Silent Hill 4. Way to properly update survival horror.

I'm actually finding Joel's section in Winter even harder than Ellie's. Partly because Ellie isn't around to hand me a med kit. I'm dying over and over in like one or two hits. Many parts have been easier than I expected, but this is rough.

About halfway or more through on Survivor. A lot of the parts I was scared of I only died once on. Then when it got to where you're escaping with the black guys around that spotlight, I died a bunch of times, and I wasn't worried about that part at all! I think I missed the first opportunity to get the shorty. Maybe because of that, I died a bunch of times in the part of the sewers with all the fast enemies in the big room, that's what I thought all of Survivor would be like but most of it isn't that bad, just really tense. Then at the part at the very end of the sewers where they all rush at you I didn't die at all, just took me a bomb, two molotovs, a couple swings with a pipe, and a few shorty blasts. That part is way easier now that I know to stick close to the door. I remember my first time on Normal I died on that many a time because I didn't know that if you stick to the door it'll automatically end pretty quick. Moving up the difficulty levels is fun because some parts get easier due to increased experience and other parts get harder due to fewer supplies/no listen mode.

Moving it up from my 38th to 32nd favorite game. Could go up more. I think Survivor mode is actually more fun. I prefer the game without listen mode. I could see myself going to a lower difficulty later but still not using it.

Dr EggnogNow in Fall. I think it might be the easiest part of the game. Got through the dam like it was nothing. Past Summer, Winter is the only part that scares me. Winter\'s the most frustrating, you can\'t prepare for it. Fall and Spring are easy and pleasant.

Playing some The Last of Us today. Survivor mode is tense. I'm not actually dying that much more than I did back in my first playthrough on Normal though. Practice is everything. It helps a lot that the checkpoints are so generous, and that allies give you health and ammo if you're low, and that the baddies have TERRIBLE eyesight. There were multiple parts I was scared of doing on Survivor where I only died once.

STOP GOING AFK BETWEEN ROUNDS, ARSEHOLES! Is that really asking too much? I understand not everyone is MLG, but I'm just asking for a little common courtesy. It's way uncool to fuck over your team because you got impatient and wanted to go make a sandwich or needed four pee breaks in fifteen minutes.

Finished playthrough 3, this time on Hard Plus mode. That Plus really makes a difference, I only died a third as often as usual. Got all the weapon/Joel upgrades. Although the crafting speed is the Joel upgrade I care the least about, I have to say it feels really cool to make stuff lightning quick. I might take on Survival, though I doubt I'll ever be ready for Grounded. Fewer checkpoints sounds scary.

Well, 40 percent through playthrough 3 and now I'm sick of it. Still, in one week I played over 30 hours of the game and watched a full LP. It took over my life for a little bit. I'm moving it up to my 37th favorite game and giving it an 8.5. It's the most survival horror-y game I've played since Silent Hill Origins in 2007.

Three hours through a new game plus and I'm already halfway through the Bill section. Just blasting through. Once I got my fully upgraded hunting rifle there was no stopping me. Having the full health bar with med kits healing extra is a boost as well. And with triple use shivs I hardly have to be careful around clickers. And I'm skipping lots of scenes. Those three hours slid right on by. Game's still addictive. Might bump my score up to an 8.5. We'll see.

Finished my 2nd playthrough, on Hard this time. Died almost as many times as my first playthrough on Normal. The enemies themselves didn't seem that much harder, but there were way fewer supplies. Winter was a bit of a bitch, but mostly it wasn't that bad. Took a little longer because I explored more and did more stealth, over 50 choke outs. Might do a New Game Plus now and upgrade to full. I know where a couple more things are because of the Best Friends LP, and more about why you'd want to chuck a brick/bottle at someone's face (I've never done it on purpose).

The Hunting Rifle, El Diablo, and Flamethrower are all so good. I'm not sure what my favorite weapon is.